5.5 wk Anatomy

Nursing Students Pre-Nursing

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Hey guys,

I'm going to *have* to take a 5.5 week human anatomy course this summer. :o I've only ever taken one 5.5 week course before, and it was Texas Government (actually, my very first course too!). I'm kinda nervous/scared, although I know I can do it if I REALLY work hard!! So, the ideas I've gathered from here so far (this place is awesome) are to tape the lectures, study all the time, make up little jingles to remember things, get flash cards, study those websites listed above, and a few other things. Does anyone else have any other ideas? And, has anyone here taken Anatomy in a 5.5 week course?? ANY support/help would be much appreciated!!! I have no clue who the prof will be, because they haven't chosen him/her yet. Could be a really nasty one, or a real nice one!! Who knows...

Thanks a lot!

Adela

Thanks a lot for all the advice everyone!!! I've ordered my anatomy flash cards and am going to start memorizing early. Also got an anatomy coloring book. I heard that those were good too...

And, I looked up all of the biology professors at my college on pickaprof, and was encouraged to see that most of them are pretty good profs. Yayy!! Hope I get a good one.

I have a question though... where does medical terminology fit into all of the biology classes?? Does it just start in anatomy and then continue through the rest? Because... I've seen a lot of "Medical Terminology" books, but there's not a designated class for it. I have some CD's for it, so I may start doing that too.

Thanks again!

Adela

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Specializes in Level III cardiac/telemetry.

I have a question though... where does medical terminology fit into all of the biology classes?? Does it just start in anatomy and then continue through the rest? Because... I've seen a lot of "Medical Terminology" books, but there's not a designated class for it. I have some CD's for it, so I may start doing that too.

Thanks again!

Adela

For our RN program there is an optional med term class, and in the LPN program it is one of the first classes you take. You will pick up some of the med terms in anatomy, but I feel like having some of it under your belt gives you an edge, not only in the anatomy class, but also in some of your nursing classes to come. When I took my CNA class last fall I understood a lot more of what our instructors said than some of the others.

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Specializes in Operating Room.

Medical terminology is good to learn from the beginning.

It will help you figure out words that you may not know the meaning of on the NCLEX.

For example, let's say you don't know the meaning of the word "Osteoarthritis".

If you know that Osteo=bone, Arthro=joint and itis=inflammation of, then that allows you to figure out enough to answer a question over it. (hopefully).

So, try to learn as many as you can as you go. After becoming a nurse, we'll have the ability to look up words, but for now, it's always nice to know enough terminology to have some time of idea of a word's meaning.

Some places offer classes, some do not. My A&P book had prefixes and suffixes on the inside front & back cover, as well as throughout the book.

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Specializes in Psych, Med/Surg, LTC.

I took both A+P 1 and 2 during the summer sessions. 5 weeks each. It was really intense. I also took other classes along w/ them. It can be done, but it wont be easy. Forget having any life for that time!

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Specializes in Medical Floor RN.

I do have to say that my first in-class course was this past semester with A&P II and it was so much different than online classes. I had to readjust myself into being in a class setting. It was trying but I did it and made a B! Good luck and please take all the pics you can.

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Take pictures of everything in lab!! These pictures can be used as study aids when not in the lab.

Our university does not allow us to take photos of the cadavers. Just FYI. Make sure to ask permission before attempting this!

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Specializes in Level III cardiac/telemetry.
Our university does not allow us to take photos of the cadavers. Just FYI. Make sure to ask permission before attempting this!

It probably depends on whether you are doing cadavers or pigs/cats/etc. I had a prof who didn't come right out and say we could take pictures, but he said that when he stepped out of the room we might want to take advantage of the time. He also did this right before the final and passed out the previous exams for review (not to take home) and several of us took digital pics of them. Camera phones are awesome!

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Specializes in Operating Room.
Our university does not allow us to take photos of the cadavers. Just FYI. Make sure to ask permission before attempting this!

VERY, VERY, true.....ALWAYS ask before taking pics!!!!

I always asked if it was ok to take pics. (In A&P 1, A&P 2 and in MicroSUX!) ;) I even took pics through the lenses of the microscopes!

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I'm also taking A&P this summer. I'm going to buy my book next week and start reading now.

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